Arnold Vanderlyde

Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde (born 24 January 1963) is a Dutch former amateur boxer, who participated in three Summer Olympics (1984, 1988 and 1992) and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division (≤91 kg). He started boxing at age fifteen. Although Vanderlyde was a three-time European champion and seven-time Dutch champion, he never turned professional. After ending his boxing career in 1992, he entered the corporate world as a motivational speaker.

Olympic results 1984 Los Angeles 1st round bye Defeated Egerton Forster (Sierra Leone) 4-1 Defeated Georgios Stefanopoulos (Greece) 5-0 Lost to Willie DeWitt (Canada) 2-3

1988 Seoul 1st round bye Defeated Henry Akinwande (Great Britain) 3-2 Defeated Gyula Alvics (Hungary) 5-0 Lost to Ray Mercer (United States) RSC 2

1992 Barcelona Defeated Emilio Leti (American Samoa) 14-0 Defeated Sung-Bae Chae (South Korea) 14-13 Defeated Paul Douglas (Ireland) RSC 1 (1:30) Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba) 3-23